Lexus refreshed its smallest sport sedan for 2017, so we reviewed the top-line IS 350 AWD F Sport to see how it stacks up. Let’s not forget its competition is fierce, but that doesn’t mean we should…
2017 Lexus IS 350 AWD F Sport Road Test
[caption id="attachment_106000" align="alignright" width="200"] Lexus refreshed its D-segment sport sedan for 2017, with this IS 350 AWD F Sport looking most aggressive.[/caption] Sometimes, in a moment of mind wandering reverie brought about by writing yet another car review, I realize I've been doing this auto journo gig for a long time. In fact, I drove the original IS 300 soon after its 1998 launch, and was on the press launch for the second-generation 2006 model in Toronto, where we put it through its paces on a makeshift autocross course at the old Downsview Airport, owned by the Liberal party's unofficial crown corporation Bombardier, incidentally. That was a breakthrough car for Lexus, but other than the sensational 416 horsepower IS F I tested in the spring of 2008, that second-gen car doesn't come close to measuring up to this third-generation model. [caption id="attachment_106006" align="alignleft" width="200"] New taillight lenses and a blacked out bumper cap add Read Full Story